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by adventured 2834 days ago
Just about every major liberal news organization has promoted Communists / Marxists / Socialists at one time or another in the last 30 years. That's on-going in the present.

Bernie Sanders was an outspoken champion of Venezuela and its brand of Socialism. Then he mysteriously (ha) went entirely silent on the matter. What shall we do to hold him accountable for his grotesque beliefs, which are every bit as bad in historical application as white supremacy and fascism?

Obama openly championed Marxist ideology when he was younger. Marxism has resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people in the past century and the brutal enslavement of entire nations for decades. Then Obama got elected President, the left media could not have cared less about his past ideology (and or cheered it on).

How is being a Communist better than being a Nazi in any objective historical comparison? Why is it ok for Antifa to smash skulls, routinely threaten and apply violence, wave the Soviet flag and threaten journalists, march around clad in black body armor, but the world explodes about Charlottesville. Both are quite horrible, the liberal media only cares about one of them.

There's only one explanation for it: arbitrary left wing bias, which entirely disregards history and facts.

When does the aggressive censorship campaign begin for the NY Times? Should they be banned from Twitter?

2 comments

This response shows why knowing history is so important - you can see (and remember?) both sides of the issue, without relying on whatever pops to the top of Reddit. Great job!
As far as I've been able to tell, trying to be as neutral as I can, I don't think the lies, hatred, and violence cherry-picked or selectively ignored by the NY Times and similar come anywhere near the volume of the same done by Breitbart and similar. Further, when it does happen, it seems to always be much harder to draw the connection to intent, e.g:

NY Times: Support some policy -> Policy could be considered related to communism -> Communist regimes have killed many people throughout history

Breitbart: Support hatred and rejection of broad groups of people directly.

Further, Breitbart and similar seem much more willing to engage in propaganda rhetoric and purposeful deceit.

*Edited for clarity

True. But scope matters. Breitbart is extreme but they absolutely don’t represent a significant portion of conservatives. They might pretend do, but they don’t. There crazies out there on both sides. I choose to ignore them. Not being out there denouncing them doesn’t mean I support them or agree with them